185 Why leopard attacks have become election issue in India
L Leopard attacks are common in many parts of India It is banter as usual in a small tea shop in Lauki Kala village bordering Nepal in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. Six village elders are discussing the upcoming general elections over tea. Children play outside in the sugarcane fields. But 43-year-old Shyam Prakash is unusually silent: his life changed since his four-year-old daughter Leela was killed in a leopard attack […]